Our doctors are committed to research and education that will keep them at the forefront of ophthalmic procedures. They publish widely in major professional journals, and are often asked to lecture and make presentations around the United States.But they are more than a team of highly trained retinal specialists who are leaders in their field. They are caring individuals who entered medicine because of the desire to help people and who chose ophthalmology because they know that restoring or improving a person's sight is one of the greatest gifts a doctor can offer.
Take a minute to meet them....
Jeffrey G. Gross, MD
Dr. Gross, a board-certified ophthalmologist and the founder of the Carolina Retina Center, has been working with vitreous and retinal diseases for nearly 15 years. After graduating from the University of Maryland, he earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, and a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at the University of California at San Diego. After his training, he was recruited to join the faculty of the Ophthalmology Department at the USC School of Medicine as an assistant professor and as co-director of the Vitreoretinal Service, teaching residents. In 1992, he started in private practice and established the Carolina Retina Center to provide specialized retinal care for Central South Carolina. Dr. Gross continually updates his knowledge and training. He has been a principal investigator on numerous nationally funded studies of retinal disease and writes frequently on that topic for national journals. Dr. Gross is a member of the Fellow of American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Retina Specialists, Retina Society, South Carolina Medical Association, the American Uveitis Society, Central South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology, South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology and Columbia Medical Society. He served on the Board of Directors and as President of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and also was Chief of Ophthalmology at Palmetto Richland and Providence Hospitals. Married and the father of two children, Dr. Gross enjoys fishing, reading and boating.
Barron C. Fishburne, MD
Dr. Fishburne is a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in diseases and surgery of the vitreous and the retina. An Eagle Scout and magna cum laude graduate of Duke University School of Engineering, Dr. Fishburne earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma. He completed his internship at the University of Oklahoma, his residency at the University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and a two-year fellowship at the Oregon Health Sciences University's Casey Eye Institute. Dr. Fishburne has written for numerous professional journals and spoken on the topic of retinal disease around the country. Dr. Fishburne is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the South Carolina Medical Society, the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Central South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology, the Columbia Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He spends most of his spare time with his wife and two children and enjoys reading, skiing and golf.
Michael A. Magee, MD
Dr. Magee joined Carolina Retina Center, P.A. in July 2005. He is a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in diseases of the vitreous and retina. Raised in Henderson, Tennessee, Dr. Magee received his B.A. in history and English from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. He returned to the Southeast where he completed medical school at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University. He then completed his internship and residency at Scott and White Hospital, Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center in Temple, Texas. Following residency he completed a fellowship in vitreo-retinal diseases and surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Magee has published in professional journals and spoken at several educational conferences across the country. Dr. Magee is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the South Carolina Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Magee was actively involved in the Central Texas Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He is married and has three young children. His hobbies include golf, fly-fishing, and reading.